Titanic Heroes Honored at Astor Home Luncheon
Mrs. Madeline Astor and Mrs. John B. Thayer, widows of Titanic victims, thanked Captain Rostron and Surgeon McGee at a June 1 luncheon at the Astor home on Fifth Avenue. Also present were Mrs. Force and Mrs. Thayer’s companion, with reminiscences of the disaster shared in the dining room.
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McGee
Astor Home
New York
Itenry Rostron
Frank McGee
Carpathia
Madeline Astor
John J. Astor
John B. Thayer
Philaelphia
Fifth Avenue
Kestron
Dr. McGee
McCabe Denies Resigning From Agriculture Dept
Washington June 1 George McCabe solicitor for the agriculture department dismissed rumors of his resignation as baseless saying there is no truth to the report and that when he decides to leave he will announce it openly.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
George McCabe
McCate
Carnegie's Chauffeur Dies at Sea Queenstown
Andrew Carnegie arrived at Queenstown aboard the Celtic and was greatly distressed to learn that his driver had died at sea three days earlier. The report notes the shipboard death and Carnegie's evident grief during the journey.
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Carnegie
Queenstown
Andrew Carnegie
Celtic
Graft Charges Stir Shore City Follows Fifth Confession
Atlantic City officials face a widening graft probe as a fifth confession links councilmen, business leaders, and others to bribe taking and extortion. W J Palmer, tied to boss Kuehnle, claims to have introduced the detective and recorded talks about allotments and bribe schemes. Several councilmen including Phoebus Malin Kessler Lane and Dougherty confess or face arrest as investigators say a three year ring controlled street work permits, excise licenses, and resort earnings. Citizens funded the probe, spending at least six figures and planning more revelations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Turmeaul
W. J. Vaimer
Palmer
Kuehunle
William J. Burns
Marlborough- Blenheim
New York
Phoebus
Continental
Newark
Lane
Marty
Dougherty
Samuel
William Malin
Gustave Kessler
Kuehnle
James W. Lane
Politica
Bridegroom Killed as Wedding Nears at Moody Home
Lloyd Jackson a wealthy Houston youth is slain by D M Moody just before a wedding ceremony. Moody says he shot thinking a prowler would enter his daughter's room. Jackson's dying declaration says no objection to the marriage.
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Houston
Tex
Lloyd Jackson
D. M. Moody
Moody
Jackson
Moods
James Donohue Set for Olympic Team Spot
Los Angeles athlete James Donohue is assured a place on the U S Olympic team after strong performances in the pentathlon and decathlon trials at Berkeley California. His results indicate he will represent the United States in Stockholm this summer.
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Los Angeles
Berkeley
Cal
Donohue
United States
Stockholm
Ex Judge Fatally Hurt By Automobile In Brooklyn
New York June 1 Former Magistrate H Gaston Higginbotham who was removed from his post when his court was abolished by the board of magistrates was struck and mortally injured by an automobile in Brooklyn The car Wmoussive owned and driven by Stanley W Smith stopped and Higginbotham was placed in it He was taken to Seney hospital where Dr Ackerman said he had concussion of the brain and internal injuries and could not recover The former magistrate aged forty nine lived in Brooklyn He was appointed a magistrate by Mayor Van Wyck in 1901.
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New York
H. Gaston Higginbotham
Board of Magistrates
Brooklyn
Stanley W. Smith
Higginbotham
Smith
van Wyck
Rockefeller Kin Snubbed At Chicago Club Opening
Mrs Harold McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller was excluded from the Saddle and Cycle club opening guest list in Chicago. Mrs Marshall Field will head the receiving line as the snub centers on her criticism of liquor in clubs. The piece notes her exclusion from prominent social roles within the club. In Boston a separate item reports Governor Foss signing an $8,000,000 railroad bond issue for the Boston and Providence line to electrify the main line add tracks and remove grade crossings.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Saddle and Cycle Club
Marshall Field
McCormick
Clnibe
Boston
Foss
The
Boston and Providence Railroad
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